Stars’ memorabilia

Jun 12 2009 by Sam Casey, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

WORLD Cup winner Geoff Hirst has donated a signed picture for a school auction being held in honour of a pupil.

The former England player has given a photograph of him scoring one of his three goals in the 4-2 World Cup final win against West Germany in 1966, to Colne Valley High School.

Artist Yoko Ono, who was married to John Lennon, has donated an iPod Touch engraved with the words ‘imagine, peace, love’.

The school is holding a charity auction on June 28 to raise money for St James’s Hospital in Leeds.

Pupil Joshua Goldspink, 13, is being treated at the hospital for severe haemophilia.

Other items on offer at the auction will include a signed, framed picture of cricket legend Sir Don Bradman including his Australian tour badge, a jacket from Sir Ian Botham worn during a tour to Pakistan and New Zealand and a framed and signed Tiger Woods photograph.

All the items can be viewed online at www.cvhs.kirklees.sch.uk

Bids can be submitted for any of the items before the auction.

Either write to the school at: Colne Valley High School, Linthwaite, Huddersfield, HD7 5SP, or e-mail stephen.mowbray@cvhs.kirklees.sch.uk. Include details of the item, your bid and your contact details.